Come join a community effort to clean up a local cemetery in Haskell. The Harmony Grove Junior High Beta Club is heading up this effort. The cemetery is located on Mount Harmony Lane, off Highway 229. Neighbors are joining together to clean up Mt Harmony Cemetery, on a Saturday, April 22nd. Beginning at 8 a.m. […]
Cemetery Going to Ruins, Headstones Desecrated, City of Benton and Volunteers Step Up
There’s a group on Facebook dedicated to Saline County history and it’s chock-full of photos and memories, but occasionally, there is a standout story. The story below is one of those. The group is Saline County History and Memories and the person who posted is Dennis Kent, Ph.D. He comes from many generations of Saline County relatives. […]
There’s a cemetery on the property of Benton demolition site for Interstate widening
We knew the Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department (ArDOT) would be demolishing a business structure in Benton next to Interstate 30. It had to be removed for the ArDOT to widen the Interstate. But MySaline reader Felton Magby pointed out to us that there is a tiny cemetery behind that building – a used […]
Bryant Eagle Scout to Dedicate Cemetery Renovation on Thursday
A Boy Scout in Bryant has renovated Wilhelm/Rose Garden Cemetery for his Eagle Scout project with the help of Saline County Preservation, Inc. An event to dedicate the work will be held at the cemetery Thursday, August 24th at 6:30 p.m. The cemetery is on the west side Springhill Road to just north of Hilltop Road. […]
VIDEO: Bryant Historical Society presents “The History of Collegeville Cemetery”
The following is a video of Bryant Historical Society and Linda Pool Hester, sharing some little known facts about the historical Collegeville Cemetery. The cemetery is very small but full of history, from the founders to the number of Revolutionary and Civil War veterans buried there. This program was July 19, 2016 in the Bryant […]